Hello, I am running 7.3.0.20 :-( I didn't see the comment in the documentaion, because I am not using SDBINST but RPM for the installation.
Does this mean that I can not migrate to 7.4 at all, or is this requirement just related to the upgrade of database software itself? Would a cold backup then be enough for data migration? And is there a way to run 7.3 and 7.4 in parallel? Thanks in advance, and regards, Manfred -----Original Message----- Stephen Gutknecht (SAPDB) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:56:37 -0800 First off, exactly what version of 7.3 were you running? There are requirements to be at 0.25. Stephen [snip] * util_execute migrate (It doesn't run on my 7.3 only installation.) -----Original Message----- From: Manfred Panter Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 7:51 AM To: SAPDB General List Subject: Problems migrating to 7.4 Hello all, I have some problems updating to 7.4 I am currently running Suse81 and 7.3.0. Like it is written in the document "Database upgrade from 7.3 to 7.4" I first installed the database software itself: On Page 11 there is written upgrading with an rpm package. I logged in as "root" * stopped all db instances * stopped Vserver (** made a copy of all known folders used by sapdb) * executed rpm -Uhr sapdb*.rpm this wouldn't run. (it says that if running in root arguments to --root (-r) must begin with a /) I took rpm -Uhv sapdb*.rpm instead this gave me errors, which I cannot recall. Ok, already sweating :-(, I tried to start the Vserver. It didn't work! After several useless attemts of repairing the installation, I deinstalled the rpms and copied the old folders over new ones, then I deleted the rest of the 7.4 files and luckily got the db up and running again. Where did I go wrong? I looks like at one point of the migration path both databases have to run. Is this possible? Can I run them in a productive environment parallel? Or can I install them on one machine and run one of each? This would be great since I need this kind of environment! But to migrate to 7.4: Is it enough to make a COLD BACKUP? In the migration documentation there is an additional step written down: * util_execute migrate (It doesn't run on my 7.3 only installation.) It is also done before util_connect. Can this be? But can I restore a COLD BACKUP of 7.3 in 7.4 without this step? Some helpful ideas would be nice. Regards, Manfred ______________________________________________________________________________ Schon wieder Viren-Alarm? Bei WEB.DE FreeMail ist das kein Problem, hier ist der Virencheck inklusive! http://freemail.web.de/features/?mc=021158 _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
